Pierre de Ruel

Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville (10 May 1752-23 April 1821) was a general of the French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Pierre de Ruel was born on 10 May 1752 in Champignol-lez-Mondeville in Aube, Kingdom of France. He became a Lieutenant in the Swiss Guard of Provence after service in the colonies, and he was made a Lieutenant-General during the French Revolutionary Wars. Ruel took an active part in the battle of Valmy and the battle of Jemappes, and in February 1793 he became Minister of War. In 1793 Charles Dumouriez sent him to the Austrian Empire when he defected and he was not exchanged until 1795, and in 1798 he became inspector of the Army of England's infantry. Under Napoleon, he was made a senator and a count, but he followed King Louis XVIII of France into exile and was made a Marshal of France by him in 1816.